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Basketball Games To Be Streamed LIVE This Week

HAMBURG, NY – The men’s and women’s basketball games this week will be streamed LIVE as Hilbert College closes out the 2011-12 season.

February 15, the Hawks host Pitt-Bradford. The men’s game is set for 6pm with the women’s game to follow at 8pm. Should the Hilbert men’s team win, the Hawks will sweep the Panthers and solidify a fourth-place finish and the right to host a first round play-off game next week.

On February 18, the Hawks will host Penn State Altoona, as both teams honor the seniors prior to their last home game of the regular season. The men play at 2 pm with Chris Hoak, Mike Maritato and Cody Troutman celebrating their last home game. Julie Bossard will be honored as she completes her basketball season with the women’s program prior to her 4pm tip-off.

Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college’s engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship, and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. The Hilbert Blueprint promotes a well-rounded student experience over four years – starting with the Foundations Seminar in the freshman year, followed by Sophomore Service, Junior Symposium, and culminating with the Senior Capstone. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college’s first graduate programs and new Accelerated Degree Programs geared to adult learners.